by design | Mar 17, 2013 | Archived Editions, Archives
Click here to view this week’s entire Focus. A Titanic Surprise First Class Maid Jodi from Pigeon Forge’s Titanic Museum Attraction paid a surprise visit to seventh grade Gresham Middle School Language Arts teacher, Lynn Dare, last Friday. The visit was in...
by design | Mar 17, 2013 | Archives, FOCUS Weekly Poll
By Focus Staff This week’s Knoxville Focus poll asked the question: “Which political affiliation do you find yourself most closely aligned with?” More than 52% said they were closely aligned with the Republican Party; just over 26% said they were more closely aligned...
by design | Mar 17, 2013 | Archives
By Steve Williams Knoxville’s three representatives at the TSSAA state boys basketball tournament last week couldn’t make it out of the quarterfinal round. Grace Christian Academy, looking for its first ever Class A state tourney victory, was eliminated by...
by Ray Hill | Mar 17, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Few Tennesseans today remember Ross Bass who served the Volunteer State in Congress for a decade, as well as a brief term in the United States Senate. Bass was a participant in some of Tennessee’s fiercest political wars and served in Congress during a...
by design | Mar 17, 2013 | Archives
By Tasha Mahurin Tasha@knoxfocus.com “Audiences are blown away by the stories of hope and transformation that the children share during their performance,” Jeanine Bedell with Watoto Child Care Ministry told The Focus. Members of the Watoto Children’s Choir...